ALIVE: THE HIDDEN INTELLIGENCE OF THE LIVING WORLD (HB)

The slow contortion of a plant toward light, the spear-flight of a hawk toward their quarry - these are purposeful actions. But where does that purpose come from, and what does it tell us about who we are? Natural philosopher Melanie Challenger takes us through the latest discoveries in biology and physics to reveal a radical truth: to be alive is first and foremost a way of being a body. A scientifically grounded challenge to the idea that life is either a machine run by genes or an essence separable from the body.